59 min

Medieval Women's Rights: Setting the Stage for Today History Talk

    • History

The medieval church gave birth to the misogynistic rhetoric that continues to hinder women’s progress in the West today, but it also witnessed the first real “feminist” rumblings of discontent.

Medieval women were not content to be victims of oppression: they challenged the rhetoric, and when that didn’t work, they found ways to work around it. In this podcast, historian Sara Butler speaks about women in the Middle Ages and how they faced many of the same challenges that we do today. Sara Butler is a Professor and the King George III Chair in British History at The Ohio State University Department of History.

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Email: Origins@osu.edu
Twitter: @OriginsOSU
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Find transcripts, background reading, and more at origins.osu.edu

A transcript of this podcast is available at https://origins.osu.edu/historytalk/medieval-womens-rights-setting-stage-today

The medieval church gave birth to the misogynistic rhetoric that continues to hinder women’s progress in the West today, but it also witnessed the first real “feminist” rumblings of discontent.

Medieval women were not content to be victims of oppression: they challenged the rhetoric, and when that didn’t work, they found ways to work around it. In this podcast, historian Sara Butler speaks about women in the Middle Ages and how they faced many of the same challenges that we do today. Sara Butler is a Professor and the King George III Chair in British History at The Ohio State University Department of History.

Connect with us!
Email: Origins@osu.edu
Twitter: @OriginsOSU
Instagram: @OriginsOSU
Facebook: @OriginsOSU
Find transcripts, background reading, and more at origins.osu.edu

A transcript of this podcast is available at https://origins.osu.edu/historytalk/medieval-womens-rights-setting-stage-today

59 min

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